Fernande
Fernande is a predominantly French language feminine given name. It is the feminine form of the masculine given name Fernand.
- French
Meaning & Origin of Fernande
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Fernande is a predominantly French language feminine given name. It is the feminine form of the masculine given name Fernand.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- French
The Story of Fernande
The earliest SSA record of Fernande as a baby girl name dates back to 1910, when 5 babies received it. 1922 was its biggest year on record, with 34 newborns named Fernande — #1,366 in the national rankings. About 50% of every Fernande on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Fernande last appeared in the published SSA data in 1950, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 521 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Fernande
Fernande is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1910 and has accumulated 521 births in the dataset. Fernande's peak popularity came in 1922 when it ranked #1,366. Use the chart and map above to compare Fernande's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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